Queen Anne HS Alumni Association Celebrating 25 Years ~ 1981 - 2006 ~ Volume 25, Number 2 Queen Anne High School Alumni Association August 2006 New Park Location for Queen Anne Reborn as Condos ’06 Annual Summer Alumni Open House Scheduled Aug. 12 Alumni Picnic By John Hennes ’51 Grizzlies Grow Into Our beloved high school will see a new life as condominium homes this sum- Woodland Park Locale mer. A special open house will be held at the school on Saturday, Aug. 12, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., to welcome back grads of all years. By Barb Nelson ’58 Grizzlies will have an opportunity to buy into the new Queen Anne High School Condominiums during the initial conversion period before public sales begin later The 13th annual QAHS Alumni Asso- this summer, according to Michael Graubard of the conversion team. ciation picnic will be held Sunday, Aug. Queen Anne closed in June 1981, marked by our huge Last Hurrah festival. It 20, at the Lower Woodland Park, Shelter reopened with 139 rental units in 1987, following a $9.2 million remodel by Lorig 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A large turn- Associates. The Seattle School District still owned the land and held the lease with out last year necessitated the change in Lorig. In 2005, using a clause in the lease with the District, Lorig opted to sell the venue to a larger facility. school to Legacy Partners, a large real estate firm, for about $25 million. The School The Association will provide hot dogs, District will get a payment of 12 percent of the condo sales for this transfer, and will permanently lose control of the school and site. Although this does not seem soda pop and coffee. Our “Al’s Ham- like a very large return for such a valuable location, the agreement made in the mid burgers” guys will be grilling burgers, and ’80s was considered the best possible for the market at that time. Grizzlies will alumni will bring side dishes to share. forever mourn this sequence of events. Horseshoe games will be set up in the Grads can take heart in that the building is a designated Seattle Landmark and on area courtesy of L.D. Zobrist ’62. Oth- the National Register of Historic Places. The Legacy Partners say that they are ers are invited to bring their sets, so plan determined to preserve the historic qualities of the building. on joining in on the games! Units will go on sale this summer with average prices in the $400,000 range, Classes of ’36, ’61, ’66, ’71, ’76, and according to Graubard. The conversion to condos is underway now in a $5 million ’81 are hosting reunion activities at the to $7 million upgrade. The original front door will be reestablished as the main 2006 picnic as well. entrance. For directions to the Picnic at Lower To learn about the condos, visit www.queenannehigh.com or phone (206) 282-5300. If you can help out as a greeter or guide at the Aug. 12 alumni event, Woodland Park Stove 6, see Page 16 or contact Barbara Nelson at (206) 567-4180 or visit the QAHSAA website at visit www.qagrizzlies.org. www.qagrizzlies.org. Art Auction 30 New QAHSAA 25th Anniversary Scheduled for Oct. 21 Scholarships Awarded Scholarship Awarded Fall Banquet Page 13 Page 8-10 Page 8 From Our QAHSAA President Greetings fellow Grizzlies! It’s a milestone year for our Association, our 25th Anniversary - where have all those years gone? Time passes quickly. It has been way more years than that though, that in my mind and spirit I am still that teenager about to leave the familiar halls of our Alma Mater. I just wish that my mind and body would cooperate with this spirit of mine. I am looking forward to seeing all of you at the Summer Picnic, the Magnolia Festival and annual Fall Banquet. I hope that those of you who Barb Nelson ’58 and Anne Jean think that one of these days you will check out one of these events will in (Meston) McLay ’25 share QAHS fact join us to share the good times and memories. memories. Anne’s story written by I also have hopes of seeing many of you at the special celebration Nancy (Trout) Gould-Hilliard ’58 planned by Legacy Partners, the developer converting our school to is on Page 5. condominiums. I think it is going to be a special time for all of us. Hope you are all doing well! In Grizzly Fellowship, Barb Acknowledgements Our thanks again to all those who have given their time and material support to our alumni activities or donated historical materials for our archives. We thank you for your gifts. Kindnesses - Our Thanks to: The Queen Anne United Presbyterian Church for continuing to provide meeting space for the board. Tully’s Coffee, in Magnolia, for picnic supplies. The Seattle Parks Department for their cooperation with our annual picnic. Bruce Amundson ’72, owner of Star Sports, who has helped numerous times with the planning, moving and storage of our merchandise. Chef’n Products, David Holcomb ’72, for continued supplies of raffle items. Betty (Charouhas) Bebee ’45, Terris Howard ’52, Helen Lorbeski ’39 and Paul & Pauline Mason ’40 for continuing to screen many newspapers for the obit notices used in our Memorials section. Also to Gerry (Kissner) Bresnan ’44, who sends notices from Snohomish county, Claire (Condie) Bigbie ’38, who covers Issaquah and east King County and Doris (McClure) Linkletter ’31, who covers south King County. We appreciate all those who write us about our fellow alumni passages. The Al’s Hamburgers group, who bring Al’s grill and the burgers to the August picnic each year: Doug Froling ’48, Bob Guichard, ’49-50, and John Zirckel ’50. Alumni Board Members who generously continue to donate items each year for the raffles at our spring luncheon, fall banquet and picnic. Why not help them out with raffle baskets you’ve put together? Memorabilia Gifts - Our Thanks to: Gerry (Kissner) Bresnan ’44 who donated two Grizzly T-shirts she bought but never used. Fred Gibson ’53 for two annuals from 1923-24 that belonged to Frances (VanBrocklin) Gibson ’26. Judy Anderson, of South Carolina, who sent a 1935 yearbook formerly owned by Hazel Hopke ’36. Mrs. Hazel Hansen Danielson, former teacher (1960-75), who donated her 1975 annual and various clippings. Bob Hawkins ’59, the first Seattle high school basketball player to score 50 points in a game who has donated his record setting game ball. Garfield High School Library, which donated nine Grizzly annuals from the 1960s and ’70s that had become surplus when Garfield closed this spring for two years for a remodel. The students will attend Lincoln High School, closed in 1981 but in continuous use since then, and expected to be a temporary facility for other schools for the next 20 years! Visit www.qagrizzlies.org for up-to-date and great info throughout the year! 2 The KUAY August 2006 WHO’S NEWS Compiled By Kim R. Turner ’61 We need your input to create this column. Send news of Grizzlies to: KUAY Editor, QA Alumni Assoc., P.O. Box 9128, Seattle, WA 98109, or e-mail: [email protected] Photos are always wanted. 1930s who served in World War II in the South Faculty Pacific, then attended the UW, later Carthage College and the Northwestern Hazel Hansen: Now Hazel Danielson, John Penso ’35, and wife Millie Lutheran Seminary, from where he was th recently sent us clippings from the 1974 (Iverson) ’39, celebrated their 66 wed- ordained in 1954. He retired after serving KUAY Senior Edition. The June 7 issue ding anniversary March 30. They sent a 40 years. He died February 23, 2005. discusses parking problems, “Women’s multi-generational photo of the family, Bob Lajala ’48: Bob sends greetings from lib”, “Greaser Day,” Coach Dick Clark’s which included daughters Pam ’61 and Arizona (and reminds me that he was my retirement and Mrs. Boskowitz, “the Jill (Penso) Grant ’66, and their thanks 8th grade science teacher) and encloses bookroom lady”. Mrs. Hansen, who for The KUAY. more stories for a future issue of The taught business education and was school Glen R. Rings ’34, was listed as MIA in KUAY. He and wife Phyllis (Peterson) librarian, is 96 and lives at the Crista Facil- World War II. A UW grad, he became a ’47, live in the same development as Clair ity (formerly King’s Garden). Supply Corps officer in Philadelphia be- Niesz ’46, Diane (Clarke) Niesz ’49, Erwin Henkel: In the February KUAY, fore being assigned to the U.S. Fleet in and Alice (Ostrem) Rice ’47. “Thanks the sketch of Coach Henkel was drawn the Philippines. He was a LtJG on the gun- to the Editorial Board for keeping The by Sally (Raymond) Marts ’63. The boat USS Ashville in the Java Sea in Feb- KUAY alive.” original was in the 1962 Grizzly Annual. ruary 1942 when he went missing. He Annabelle (Gullikson) Wall ’49, notes Data courtesy of Joan Raymond ’68, was declared dead in 1945. This update that although she has reduced her voice who is currently a graphic designer in the was sent in by Glen’s sister Bettylou studio hours, she is still teaching three days Seattle area. deBeauleaux Schauer ’42. a week. She has traveled to the Interna- Otto Luther: Roger Luther ’29, son of tional Congress of Voice Teachers, held QA’s first principal, died on June 8, aged 1940s in Vancouver, B.C.